maria's health & fitness

19 and 5'4. i want to lose weight while reforming my eating and exercise habits. HW/SW: 132 lbs CW: 126 lbs GW: 125 lbs (or any weight at which I am happily fit, toned, and healthy)

[murmurrs]

You are a woman. Skin and bones, veins and nerves, hair and sweat. You are not made of metaphors. Not apologies, not excuses.

Sarah Kay, The Type (via thesoutherly)

[chibird]

[skyexkx-blog]

[later-is-never]

I weighed in today and I'm finally 1 lb away from my goal weight! Now that that moment is finally here it kinda feels weird. I'm like, oh this is it? This is what I've been waiting for? Just goes to show that the scale is far from the most important thing. How you feel and how you perceive yourself and your health is the most important.

[later-is-never]

Week 10

Ten?! 10! No way. That's pretty cool. Honestly, the more you do something the easier it is. When habits become routine, there's less to think about. Less to worry about. That's the place I'm in now. Slowly making progress and seeing improvement in myself. I can't complain.

[fitzombieslayer]

This is one of my fave picture sets of myself. In 2007 I lost over 70 pounds using Phentermine. I didn’t exercise or anything. My only concern was with the number on the scale. My diet was terrible. There were days when the only thing I ate was a bagel. The pills took my appetite. They also caused severe mood swings, my hair started falling out, I was super jittery, and they made my heart race. I had no real muscle on my body and I became skinny fat. _____________________________________ Once I stopped taking the pills, I slowly started to gain weight. While I was pregnant it started to pile on and after my grandmother’s death, I reached my all time high of 261 pounds on my 5’ 4.75” (official height from the doctor 😄) frame. _____________________________________ This summer I developed a healthy relationship with food and learned the benefits of regular exercise. I fell in love with the idea of losing fat, building muscle, and getting stronger. Strength training and cardio are a regular part of my life and I am in the best shape of my life. I am so glad it finally clicked for me and I am seeing results. My lifestyle changed and because of that, I am OK with calling this a transformation.

[do-not-touch-my-food]

Cookie Dough Krispie Treats

[later-is-never]

Normally reflagging dessert isn't my thing but DAMN

[im-horngry]

Rice Cakes with Peanut Butter - As Requested! X

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[cornerbakerycafe]

[fitnesstipsonly]

[fitsology-deactivated20150824]

Avocado Caprese Salad - recipe 

[piscezs-blog]

[euo]

my blog is great but have u seen my ass

[later-is-never]

Week 9

I'm practically at the weight again at which I left off when I went on winter break. Which is a good thing. I'm back on track - exercising regularly, portion-controlling, and eating a lot healthier! I can feel differences in my body but I'm still striving to see more of a difference too.

Part of my feels like since I'm only ~4 lbs away from my goal, these pounds are going to be the hardest to lose. PLUS I feel like I'm gaining a lot of muscle and muscle weighs more than fat. We'll see how I feel next week!

[lifeisnotalollipop]

Removing toxic people from your life is actually not the difficult part. Not feeling guilty about it is.

dp (via soulsscrawl)

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